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Jane Olds

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Highway Maintenance Service – Three Main Teams

This supersedes the information which was in the ‘Who does what’ factsheet issued by me back in Feb19 as I have recently made some minor changes to how some of our operational services are organised.  The Highway Maintenance service is now organised into three main teams:

  • Asset Management & Programmes
  • Area Maintenance & Operations
  • Traffic and Road Safety

The main reasons for doing this are:

  • To support a larger programme associated with s106 schemes, a committed “Road Safety and Accessibility” programme, and a renewed emphasis on 20mphs and road safety.
  • The increased work on asset planning and programming required with a new Highway Asset Management Plan needed, including greater emphasis on member influence on the maintenance programme.
  • Taking a step further to bring together planned, routine & reactive maintenance works, along with close community engagement – needs to continue to be developed and pushed consistently across Oxfordshire.

Organisation Chart – OPERATIONS

 

 

 

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January Parish Council Meeting

The next meeting of the Parish Council is on Thursday 28 January at the usual time of 8.00pm, but as previously, we’ll be meeting via Zoom (https://zoom.us/) with the meeting ID 826 2703 5697

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82627035697

We’d love to welcome as many of you as possible, but when you join, please do use your name otherwise, we may not be able to admit you. Your names will not, however, be recorded in the attendance list or the Minutes.

The current regulations and meeting procedures will be followed as if we were meeting in person.

As usual, the agenda, meeting papers and links to the planning applications are available in the agenda section  We’ll look forward to ‘seeing’ some of you on Thursday.

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Would you be able to be a Parish Councillor?

Following the resignation of Katie Mimpress, the Parish Council has a vacancy for a Councillor.

If you are interested in helping serve the community please speak to one of the Councillors or contact the Clerk.

No experience is necessary, but there is lots of training available.

More information about the role together with a simple application form is available on the Councillor Vacancy page

Come and join us!

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COVID Update

Publicised by OALC / CDC

A ‘roadmap’ for easing the lockdown

Last In Cherwell, there were 110 new cases in the seven days up to 26 February, a 29 per cent decrease from 156 the previous week. This is equivalent to a weekly rate of 103 per 100,000 residents. You can access a COVID-19 dashboard on the county council’s website for daily COVID-19 statistics.

Stage one is in two parts: 8th March
 All schools and colleges will reopen
 University students can return for practical courses. There will be a review by the end of the Easter
holidays for all other students
 Face coverings are recommended in class for secondary school students and also for parents and
staff in primary schools
 Wraparound childcare can also return for vulnerable pupils and where it is needed for parents or
carers to go to work, support groups or to seek medical care
 Two people from different households can meet outside for recreation, which can include “a coffee on
a bench”;
 One nominated person can visit care homes, but will need PPE, a lateral flow test and to "keep
physical contact to a minimum;
Lockdown rules from 8th March
 Stay home, only leave for work, essential shopping, exercise or medical appointments
 Exercise allowed outdoors once a day, in your local area, You can exercise with your household,
support bubble, or one other person
 All schools open, with outdoor after-school sports and activities allowed
 Two people can meet outdoors to socialize e.g. to sit down for a coffee, drink or picnic
 Care home residents are allowed one regular visitor, with whom they can hold hands
 No household mixing indoors or outdoors unless in your support or childcare bubble
 Non-essential shops, leisure and entertainment venues closed
 Pubs and restaurants closed but takeaway food permitted.
29th March
 People will be allowed to meet outside, either with one other household or within the “rule of six”,
including in private gardens
 The stay at home rule will end, but the government will urge people to stay local as much as possible
 Outdoor sport facilities will reopen, including golf courses and tennis and basketball courts
 Formally organised outdoor sports can also restart
 Parents and children groups can return but are capped at 15 and must be outdoors. Indoor groups can
take place for vulnerable children and where parents need the groups to go to work
 Weddings attended by up to six people can take place in any circumstances

Stage two
No earlier than 12 April:
 All shops allowed to open (yay bookshops!)

 Restaurants and pub gardens will be allowed to serve customers sitting outdoors, including alcohol
 Gyms and spas can reopen for individuals and households
 Hairdressers, beauty salons and other & “close contact services” ; can reopen
 UK domestic holidays away from home permitted, with self-contained accommodation able to reopen
for use by members of the same household
 Children allowed to attend indoor play activities, with up to 15 parents or guardians allowed to join
them
 Zoos, theme parks and drive-in cinemas can reopen
 Libraries and community centres can reopen
 Weddings attended by up to 15 people can take place

Stage three
No earlier than 17 May:
 People can meet in groups of up to 30 outdoors
 Six people or two households can meet indoors
 Pubs, restaurants and other hospitality venues can seat customers indoors
 Up to 30 people can meet to celebrate weddings or other life events, like christenings
 Remaining outdoor entertainment, such as outdoor theatres and cinemas can open
 Indoor entertainment such as museums, theatres, cinemas and children play areas can open
 Performances and large events will be subject to limits though. For indoor events they can be at half
capacity or 1,000 people, and outdoors they can be at half capacity or 4,000 people – whichever is
lower. For large venues (at least 40,000 capacity) up to 10,000 will be allowed to attend
 Hotels, hostels and B&Bs can reopen
 International leisure travel will resume no earlier than 17 May
 Adult indoor group sports and exercise classes can start up again
Stage four
No earlier than 21 June:
 All legal limits on social contact will be removed
 No legal limits on the number of people who can attend weddings, funerals and other life events. From
April, the government will run pilots for events such as large weddings, festivals and work
conferences. This will help to determine how measures such as enhanced testing might allow large
groups to attend without social distancing
 Nightclubs will be allowed to reopen

 

REMEMBER: Stay Home – Stop The Spread – Save Lives

 

 

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September Parish Council Meeting

The next meeting of the Parish Council is on Thursday 24 September at the usual time of 8.00pm, but as previously, we’ll be meeting via Zoom (https://zoom.us/) with the meeting ID 868 9668 1146 us02web.zoom.us/j/86896681146.

We’d love to welcome as many of you as possible, but when you join, please do use your name otherwise, we may not be able to admit you. Your names will not, however, be recorded in the attendance list or the Minutes.

The current regulations and meeting procedures will be followed as if we were meeting in person.

As usual, the agenda, meeting papers and links to the planning applications are available in the agenda section  We’ll look forward to ‘seeing’ some of you on Thursday.